today’s news and information gleanings from here and there!

Quote for today… “I believe in being strong when everything seems to be going wrong. I believe that happy girls are the prettiest girls. I believe that tomorrow is another day and I believe in miracles.” – Audrey Hepburn

• Still on the loose: “State police seek public’s help locating man who led police on high speed chase in Lancaster County” – Harrisburg Patriot-News

• NRA will run next year’s sports show – Intelligencer Journal/Lancaster New Era

• “all legal guns are welcome” – Harrisburg Patriot-News

• A new auditorium, high-tech science labs and a college-style “dining commons” area are among the improvements that may be in store for Lancaster Catholic High School. – Intelligencer Journal/Lancaster New Era

• “In the wake of Monday’s bombings at the finish line of the Boston Marathon, Penn State will beef up security measures during Saturday’s Blue-White game, most notably allowing no bags into the stadium” – The Daily Collegian

• The Boston Marathon bombing marked a watershed moment that counterterrorism officials and specialists have dreaded for years: the use of multiple “improvised explosive devices,’’ or IEDs, to inflict mass casualties on US soil. – Boston.com

• No surprise! The Department of Homeland Security has been advocating planning and exercising for that since 2005. From the “Fiscal Year 2005 Homeland Security Exercise and Evaluation Program”: “In recognition of the Improvised Explosive Device (IED) threat, and as an initial step in implementation of Homeland Security Presidential Directive 8 (HSPD-8), each urban area receiving fiscal year (FY)05 UASI funds must develop a multi-jurisdictional prevention and response plan based on the IED scenario and test its Improvement Plans (IPs) through exercises. But Boston had a plan!

• POLICE LOG: “MANHEIM TWP.: Joshua D. Boyd, 27, of Drager Road, Columbia, was charged with possession of drug paraphernalia March 22 in the 1900 block of Crooked Oak Drive. – MANOR TWP.: Erik Stoutzenberger, 37, of Columbia, was injured when he lost control of his motorcycle and struck a guardrail Saturday evening on Prospect Road near Habecker Church Road. Police said they believe speed and alcohol were factors in the crash. Stoutzenberger was taken to Lancaster General Hospital with injuries that didn’t appear life-threatening.” – Intelligencer Journal/Lancaster New Era

• “Two films will be screened at Saturday Cinema Saturday to coincide with Earth Day. The documentaries will address the questions of whether global warming or climate change are the result of man’s activity on the earth and whether environmentalism has become a new religion. Saturday Cinema is an independent nonprofit theater located inside the West Annex of Saturday’s Market on Route 230 between Middletown and Elizabthtown.” – Intelligencer Journal/Lancaster New Era
  Admission is free between 8 a.m. and 4 p.m.For more information, call 329-5228″ – Intelligencer Journal/Lancaster New Era